There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

Henry Cloud

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Things don’t change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.

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Things don’t change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.
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Responsibility
When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.

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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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Performance
There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

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There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.

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A leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.
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Partner
The physicality of a real relationship – one that encompasses mind, body and soul – ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.

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The physicality of a real relationship – one that encompasses mind, body and soul – ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.
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Fulfill Virtual
Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.

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Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date.
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Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse.

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Dont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse.
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Day
For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.

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For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.

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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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Day
Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.

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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

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If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Culture Performance
A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.

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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.
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Reaction Respond Test
The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.

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The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.
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There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn’t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.

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